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Carol Auer, professor emerita, collects insects in a field of camelina on June 21, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Studying the Ecology of a New Crop

A team of UConn plant scientists is studying interactions between a genetically modified crop and the environment.

Logan Bement (Nathan Oldham/UConn photo)

Adding Value to the Team

Logan Bement '16 uses marketing, data to improve professional baseball for fans, players.

Orlando Valentin ’15 (ED), ’16 MA: From Karate to the Classroom

With awards ranging from the Alma Exley Scholarship to the state Minority Teacher Incentive Grant, Orlando Valentin completed the Neag School’s teacher preparation program this spring. The first in his immediate family to have earned a university degree, his goal is to land his first job — ideally, as a teacher in his hometown of Meriden. But don’t let Valentin’s plans to return home to teach fool you. During his time in the Neag School, he has sought out firsthand experience in school districts across Connecticut — as well as in classrooms abroad.

Steve Emt practices at the Norfolk Curling Club on Oct. 29, 2015. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Steve Emt, Curling His Way to South Korea

An unlikely string of events turned the former UConn basketball walk-on's life around in ways he could never imagine.

London Mist Tearrific Ice Cream. (Paul Johnson Photography, courtesy of Tearrific Ice Cream)

Alumnus Creates Some Tearrific Ice Cream

A husband-wife alumni team launched an award-winning business making all natural, tea-infused ice cream, with some initial help from the UConn Dairy Bar.

Refueling a hydrogen-powered car. (iStock Photo)

New Catalyst Found for Clean Energy Fuel

UConn chemists have found a new non-metal catalyst that could help support a sustainable hydrogen fuel economy.

Stu Rothenberg '77 Ph.D., political analyst and editor of Roll Call, Capitol Hill's premier newspaper. (Photo courtesy of Roll Call)

Rothenberg: ‘Reality Show has Taken Over American Politics’

UConn alum and political analyst Stu Rothenberg gives his take on the Presidential campaign so far.

The Arthur Fiedler puppet. (Ken Best/UConn Photo)

UConn Puppets Take the Pops

Follow the collaboration between UConn's Puppet Arts program and 'America's Orchestra,' from concept to dress rehearsal.

The Independent Art Fair was part of New York's Armory Arts Week attended by MFA students in Art & Art History. (Photo courtesy of students in ART 5310 Graduate Seminar)

A Glimpse into the Life of the Professional Artist

Master of fine arts students learn to 'sell, schmooze, and network' through a tour of studios and private galleries in New York City.

Radio and television commentator Charles Osgood delivers the 2016 UConn Health Commencement address. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

Charles Osgood Speaks at UConn Health Commencement

'Medicine stands on the threshold of great advances, and you will be a part of that,' the legendary newsman told medical and dental graduates.